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Dictionary: pix·i·lat·ed or pix·il·lat·ed (pĭk'sə-lā'tĭd) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Behaving as if mentally unbalanced; very eccentric.
  2. Whimsical; prankish.
  3. Slang. Intoxicated; drunk.

[From PIXIE.]

pixilation pix'i·la'tion n.

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(PIK-suh-layt-id)

adjective
1. Mentally unbalanced; eccentric.
2. Whimsical.

Etymology
From pixie, a mischievous fairylike creature

Usage
"Robert De Niro redeems himself after his disastrous work in 'The Fan' by displaying a refreshing flair for screwball comedy as Bessie's pixilated physician, Dr. Wally." — James Verniere; 'Marvin's Room' Hits Home; Boston Herald; Jan 10, 1997.


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adjective

    Stupefied, excited, or muddled with alcoholic liquor: besotted, crapulent, crapulous, drunk, drunken, inebriate, inebriated, intoxicated, sodden, tipsy. Informal cockeyed, stewed. Slang blind, bombed, boozed, boozy, crocked, high, lit (up), loaded, looped, pickled, plastered, potted, sloshed, smashed, soused, stinking, stinko, stoned, tight, zonked. Idioms: drunk as a skunk, half-seas over, high as a kite, in one's cups, three sheetsintothe wind. See drugs/temperance.

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slightly unbalanced mentally, bemused
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - halvtosset

Nederlands (Dutch)
verdwaasd, dronken, grillig

Français (French)
adj. - altéré

Deutsch (German)
adj. - besoffen, exzentrisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - παλαβός, φευγάτος, τρελαμένος, λειώμα, μεθυσμένος

Italiano (Italian)
visionario, ubriaco

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - maluco, bêbado

Русский (Russian)
эксцентричный, капризный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - chiflado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - vrickad, vimsig, förtrollad, på luven

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
精神有点失常的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 精神有點失常的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 머리가 좀 이상한, 술 취한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - とぼけた, 風変わりな, 酔った

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مخبل أو مختلط العقل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מטורף, מופרע, שתוי‬


 
 
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